costus

English
Costus pulverulentus. Serapiqui, Costa Rica.
Saussurea costus. Uttarakhand, India.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin costus, from Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos), from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒstəs/

Noun

costus (plural costuses)

  1. A perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus (family Costaceae).
  2. Saussurea costus, a composite growing on the Himalayas in the vicinity of Kashmir, or its root.

Derived terms
  • costusroot

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Further reading

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

From cost +‎ -us.

Adjective

costus (feminine singular costus, plural costus, equative mor gostus, comparative mwy costus, superlative mwyaf costus)

  1. costly, expensive, dear
    Synonyms: prid, drud

Derived terms
  • costusrwydd

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
costus gostus nghostus chostus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “costus”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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